[visionlist] VSS Now Accepting Student Travel Award Applications for 2009 Meeting

[Vision Sciences Society]

VSS is now accepting applications for the 2009 Elsevier/Vision Research
Travel Awards. Up to 20 Travel Awards will be given to help offset the cost
of attending the conference. Awards of $500 are given to eligible students
on a competitive basis. To be eligible for consideration, the applicant must
be a 2009 student member of VSS and the first author of a submitted abstract
(both talks and poster presentations are eligible). Past award recipients
are ineligible. You must indicate that you are applying for a Student Travel
Award when you submit your abstract.

 

To apply for a Student Travel Award: 

 

1) Check the box indicating that you are applying for a Student Travel Award
when you submit your abstract (deadline is December 2, 2008), 

2) Submit a curriculum vitae (CV) and other personal information and,  

3) Provide a statement of support from your advisor. 

 

Complete application instructions can be found at
<http://www.visionsciences.org/awards.html>
http://www.visionsciences.org/awards.html

 

The student's CV and the supervisor's statement of support are due not later
than 12/15/08.

 

Awards will be determined by the VSS Board of Directors, based on an
assessment of the applicant's submission, the supervisor's statement, and
the scientific merit of the work to be presented. All competing abstracts
will be scored by the VSS Abstract Review Committee.

 

The 2009 VSS Student Travel Awards are generously sponsored by
Elsevier/Vision Research.

 

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